New Moon
New MoonImage credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.(large image)

New Moon in Cancer

New Moon on . The illuminated surface of the Moon is 0%. Lunar cycle is 1 day young.

* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 1 July 2057 at 23:47 UTC.

Moonrise and moonset

The moon rises at sunrise and sets at sunset. It's part facing the Earth is completely in shadow.

Moon phases on nearby dates

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Upcoming main moon phases

Main moon phases of the following lunar cycle.

Moon phase and lunation details

Moon in ♋ Cancer

Moon is passing about ∠5° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.

Buck Moon after 14 days

Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2057 after 14 days on 16 July 2057 at 09:28.

Spring tide

There is high New Moon ocean tide on this date. Combined Sun and Moon gravitational tidal force working on Earth is strong, because of the Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.

Apparent angular diameter

Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1770" and ∠1887".

New lunation 711 / 1664

At 23:47 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 711 of Meeus index or lunation 1664 from Brown series.

Synodic month length 29.61 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 45 minutes. It is 1 hour and 22 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decrease with the lunar orbit true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).

Lunation length longer than mean

The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 2 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit details for

True anomaly ∠196.2°

The true anomaly of the Moon orbit is ∠196.2° and at the beginning of the next lunar synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠222.5°.

Moon after apogee

1 day since point of apogee on 30 June 2057 at 05:32 in ♊ Gemini the lunar orbit is getting narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 13 days until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 15 July 2057 at 07:01 in ♑ Capricorn.

Distance to Moon 405 002 km

The Moon is 405 002 km (251 657 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 13 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 359 100 km (223 134 mi).

Moon in ascending node

Moon is in ascending node in ♋ Cancer at 09:00 crossing the ecliptic from South to North. Lunar position remains north of if for the upcoming 13 days until Moon's next descending node later on 14 July 2057 at 23:47 in ♐ Sagittarius.

Moon before northern standstill

13 days since the last southern standstill on 18 June 2057 at 03:11 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-23.700° the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠23.700° at the point of next northern standstill on 2 July 2057 at 02:54 in ♋ Cancer.

New draconic month

At 09:00 in the point ot ascending node the Moon is completing the last draconic month and is entering a new one while the lunar orbit is crossing the ecliptic from South to North.

Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy

The Moon is in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.

Lunar calendar

Sources and credits

Parts of this Lunar Calendar are based on Planetary Ephemeris Data Courtesy of Fred Espenak, www.Astropixels.com

Moon phase image credit to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, svs.gsfc.nasa.gov